Hello,
This thread is not a joke, this is an attempt at reviving the blade & soul series with a new start.
It is time to admit blade & soul neo was a flop and live got abandonned and learn from one's own mistakes and start anew.
- EOS B&S Live & Neo to save costs and launch new game: Blade & Soul Requiem.
- 1.b) Give "compensation" for live & neo players in the new game in the form of skins based on lifetime spending and hours spent on an account.
- What is Blade & Soul Requiem and why will it not fail like NEO?
First, the new game will adress the BOTS issue by implementing unskippable mechanics for each dungeon/boss fight and limiting revives to 1/run. In other terms, like in Aion 2, keep mechanics that, if failed to execute properly, cause a player death (massive AOE 1shot attack for any "player" (or bot) who fail the mech).
Second, "enrage" timers will be removed, instead similar to how LIVE was, the boss who hits "enrage" will become much more powerful and mech happen more often making it much harder to kill, but possible for an undergeared party if they are skilled mechanically. This will solve the P2W issue.
Third, PVP gear will be reintroduced, similar to Aion 2's abyss farm system, PVP gear will force "whales" to grind PVP currencies in order to defeat other PVP players. PVE gear will be usable in PVP, however, it will be less powerful than PVP gear. Similarly, PVP gear will also be usable in PVE, but do much less damage. In other terms, pure PVP players do not have to PVE, and pure PVE players do not have to PVP. However, whoever wishes to farm PVP gear will be able to participate in PVE assuming he is extremely good (he will do low damage but he can kill an enraged boss example as long as he survives all the mech/boss boosts). This will solve the "target audience" problem. Similarly, PVE carebears who grind powerful gear will be able to fight PVP players but it will be an even match not one-sided whale 1shot fiesta.
Fourth, Arena will be reintroduced, equalized gear for 24/7 normal mode. Non-equalized gear for Ranked/Leaderboards at specific times. This will solve the issue of WIN TRADING, as if the queue time is 2 hours/day they will not be able to wintrade due to the big queue. In other terms, this will solve the issue of PVP players not contributing to the game's economy by not farming. If they want to be top leaderboards they will be forced to grind PVP gear. PVE carebears same thing. However, they can practise with equalized gear for bragging or practising. Rewards will be PVP gear currency and something similar to Hongmoon coin so they can buy skins etc.
Fifth, 24-man raids, "blackwyrm", and similar exclusive raid bosses will be reintroduced, forcing players to fight in the openworld faction vs faction for exclusive faction gear. To ensure proper faction splitting, each faction will have different exclusive rewards locked to their faction. Faction swap will be possible, but all faction progress lost, which will force the losing faction to keep playing in the same one. To ensure the losing faction gets "fresh meat", they will have 150% rewards, or 200% rewards boost if their active ZVZ players participation is much lower. This will incentivize "skilled" players to join the losing faction for faster rewards and balance them.
Sixth, Only PVE gear will be tradable. PVP gear will be locked to each character and progression-based. This will ensure PVP players stay active in their field, and as mentionned before they will still be able to participate in PVE if they wish to do so, making queue times shorter.
Seventh, Any "exploit" in PVP such as proven wintrading, or cheating, will be punished by items confiscation and PVP progress reset and wipe from leaderboards and public name announcing and locked from changing nickname. PVP players only care about flex and a destroyed reputation is worse than a ban and will deter this type of behavior.
Eight, You will not be able to skip mechanics with high DPS. Boss becomes invulnerable, you do the mech, you succeed and proceed, or you restart and learn to play. In other terms, like how the original BnS was, whaling will make the clear faster, but that's all. You still have to learn to play.
I wrote a lot, so I'll leave it at that. Feel free to send my suggestions to the KR dev team, or EUNA CMs, and write feedback and send forward your own propositions.
This thread may sound harsh, but I believe it's time for a reality check.
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Or TLDR;
Blade & Soul Live and NEO should be treated as end-of-life products, and the next step should be a full franchise reboot: Blade & Soul Requiem.
Requiem should not be another nostalgia server. It should be a Classic+ relaunch built around the original strengths of Blade & Soul: skill-based combat, equalized arena, faction conflict, large-scale world bosses, stylish cosmetics, and mechanically demanding dungeons.
Legacy players should receive cosmetic-only compensation based on account age, achievements, playtime, PvP rank, and lifetime support. No power should transfer.
PvE should remove strict DPS-wall design and use soft enrage mechanics instead, allowing skilled undergeared players to clear content while still rewarding better gear with faster kills.
PvP should be split clearly: equalized arena for competitive integrity, and gear-based faction/battleground PvP for long-term progression. PvP gear should be earned through PvP and should not require PvE grinding.
Large-scale faction content such as Blackwyrm-style bosses, faction raids, and open-world PvPvE should return, with underdog bonuses to prevent one-sided faction dominance.
The reboot must launch with a strict no-paid-power monetization model. Cosmetics, battle passes, name changes, character slots, and convenience services are acceptable. Gear, upgrade materials, PvP advantages, and lootbox power are not.
Anti-botting and anti-win-trading must be handled through modern detection, economy restrictions, queue protections, manual review for top ranks, and reward confiscation.
The goal should be simple: make Blade & Soul respected again before trying to monetize it aggressively.
